Albuquerque police said officers were forced to shoot a man who charging at them with a 15-inch bayonet.

The shooting happened around 6 p.m. Sunday at an apartment complex on Dallas Street near Zuni and Wyoming.

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Two officers were called to a domestic violence situation where two women were hurt.

Albuquerque Police Chief Ray Schultz said the suspect came at the officers with a bayonet and ignored orders to drop it.

The man was hit with an electronic stun gun, but he remained aggressive, police said.

And actually at one time took the knife and turned it like he was getting ready to throw it at the officer by holding it onto the blade and that type of motion just prior to the actual shots being fired , Schultz said.

Schultz said the officer who fired the shots will be on administrative leave.